Butter Boat
ca. 1785-1790 (made)
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Butter boat with a snake handle and of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Wavy outline and moulded in relief with shell ornament. Painted with flowers in brownish-red, yellow, green, and pink. Scalloped line border and shading on edge in brownish-red.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted enamels and moulded |
| Brief description | Butter boat with a snake handle and of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Liverpool, ca. 1785-90 |
| Physical description | Butter boat with a snake handle and of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Wavy outline and moulded in relief with shell ornament. Painted with flowers in brownish-red, yellow, green, and pink. Scalloped line border and shading on edge in brownish-red. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
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| Accession number | C.1230-1924 |
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| Record created | June 9, 2009 |
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